Hair foundation



B. HUREWICH.

HAIR FOUNDATION.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.3I, 1920.

1,409,720. Patented Mar. 14, 1922.,

INVENTQR. !V/77/E55- M y 4 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES.

BERTHA HUREWICH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAIR FOUNDATION.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pate ted pl i 14 1922 Application filed December 31, 1920. Serial No. 434,290.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTHA HURnwioH, a citizen of the United States. residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair FO'lllltlittlOllS, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hair foundations and it has to do with the wire foundations, well known in this art, connorising a main base, somewhat in the form of a loop, and a second loop through which a portion of the hair is passed in building up a puff, roll or other form of adornment.

One of the difficulties incident to the previous forms of hair foundation has been that the construction was such that but a very small portion of hair could be inserted through the second loop above referred to, which imposed practical limitations to the use of such articles.

One of the primary objects of my invention is to provide a simple foundation in which this difficulty is overcome and which is capable of a wider range of application.

The foregoing. together with such other objects as may hereinafter appear. or are incident to my invention, I obtain by means of a construction, the preferred embodiments of which I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings. wherein:

Fig. l is a plan view of one form of my invention, the full line showing the closed position of the foundation, after the hair has been inserted therein and the dotted lines showing the open position of the foundation, in condition for insertion of the hair; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modification of my invention.

Referring now to the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2. it will be seen that the foundation comprises a main base 7. somewhat in the form of a large loop of circular character. braced by an arcuate cross wire 8 and by the arcuate member 9; and a loop portion 10. preferably a continuation of the base 7, such loop portion comprising two side members 10 and a base member 10 which is secured to the cross piece 8 through the medium of the wrapped end 9' of the member 9, such member approximately the length of the side members. A clasp or hook 11 is formed at one point of juncture of the loop 10 with the base 7.

The wire from which these foundations are made has some resilience and the normal position of the parts, before use. is shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 1, from which it will be observed that the space defined by the loop 10 is roughly rectangular in shape and relatively quite large with respect to the base. Thus, a maximum openmg is provided for the insertion of hair so that quite a large quantity of hair may be inserted into the loop, which is then sprung to the closed position indicated in full lines and the clasp hooked in place. The loop is now substantially triangular in cross section and the space defined thereby is considerably smaller so that the relatively large quantity of hair which can be initially in serted in the loop is securely confined, which assists not only in building up the desired form of adornment but also renders the same more secure and less liable to become disarranged. As seen in Fig. 2, the foundation may be described as being roughly hemispherical; and the loop, when closed, is roughly an equilateral triangle.

The form shown in Fig. 3 is one adapted for smaller adornments and it conforms to the general form of foundation shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with the exception that the cross brace 8 is omitted. The loop, as before, when in open or normal position, defines a substantially rectan ular space, as partially indicated in dotted lines. It has the same advantages as the first form described.

I claim:

1. A hair foundation comprising a base and a loop connected therewith, said loop having an extended base whereby the loop, when closed, is substantially an acute angled triangle. 1

2. A hair foundation comprising a resilient base and a loop connected therewith, said loop, when the foundation is in open position, defining an approximately rectangular space and when in closed position a roughly equilateral triangle.

3. A. hair foundation comprising in c0mbination a base, a loop connected therewith, and a clasp, said loop having an extended base and being roughly an equilateral triangle when closed.

4. A hair foundation comprising in c01nbination a base and a loop connected therewith, said 100p when closed, being roughly an equilateral triangle.

5. A hair foundation comprising a base, a loop connected therewith, said loop having an extended base whereby the loop, when closed is substantially an acute-angled tri- BERTHA HUREXVICH. 

